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UK Awarded $6 Million from NIH to Study Decision-Making Processes Behind Substance Use Disorders

Jul 11, 2019, 8:43 AM

Faculty from the Dept of Psychology in the College of Arts & Sciences and Behavioral Science in the College of Medicine have received two, five-year Research Project Grants from the NIH to study neurobehavioral processes involved in drug use disorders.

Van Cleve Receives NSF CAREER Award to Promote Evolutionary Biology, Teaching

Jul 9, 2019, 9:02 AM

Jeremy Van Cleve, assistant professor of biology, will use his NSF CAREER award to develop new mathematical and computational tools to study the history and function of genes that affect social behavior and group living in organisms.

UK Part of $11 Million Project Funded by NCI to Combat Cervical Cancer in Appalachia

Jun 12, 2019, 10:51 AM

A new public health initiative supported by $11 million in funding from the National Cancer Institute aims to address the burden of cervical cancer incidence and mortality in Appalachia.

11 UK Students Selected for Fulbright Honors

May 30, 2019, 9:24 AM

The University of Kentucky Office of Nationally Competitive Awards has announced that seven recent UK graduates and four doctoral students have been offered Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarships.

NEH to Fund Digitization of Sacred Music Collection at Niles Center

May 22, 2019, 8:54 AM

University of Kentucky's John Jacob Niles Center for American Music is home to one of four archives of sacred music that will benefit from the Sounding Spirit initiative's second grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to support pioneering work in digital scholarly editions.

Brent Seales Awarded Prestigious Mellon Grant, Poised to Solve 2,000-Year-Old Mystery

May 21, 2019, 10:26 AM

Thanks, in large part, to a $2 million Mellon Grant, Brent Seales finally has the access, funding and approach needed to read the Herculaneum scrolls.

UK Biology Researcher Receives Knights Templar Eye Foundation Career-Starter Grant

May 17, 2019, 8:48 AM

Oliver Voecking, a postdoctoral researcher in the University of Kentucky Department of Biology in the UK College of Arts and Sciences, recently received a Knights Templar Eye Foundation Career-Starter Grant for his retinal research with zebrafish.

The Quest for a Medication to Treat Methamphetamine Addiction

May 13, 2019, 9:52 AM

In 2017, Dr. Linda Dwoskin applied to NIDA's Grand Opportunity for Medications Development program for support to continue her quest to develop the first-ever medication to reduce craving and relapse in methamphetamine use disorder.

Keeneland Association Gifts $1.3 Million to UK for Equine Drug Research and Testing Program

May 1, 2019, 10:31 AM

The Keeneland Association continues its long-standing philanthropic relationship with the University of Kentucky with a gift of $1.3 million to the Keeneland Endowed Chair in Equine Veterinary Science.

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Grant From NTRA Charities to Establish New UK Equine Surfaces and Safety Laboratory

Apr 19, 2019, 9:12 AM

A gift of $100,000 announced recently by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association Charities will enable the University of Kentucky to further support equine surfaces and safety research under the direction of Mick Peterson, director of UK Ag Equine Programs.

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